Thinner hairs after electrolysis

Hi all,

is it possible that the hairs that grow after a clearance get thinner? I saw that on my chest where my GF was working and allso from some of my previous electrolysis sessions.

So my question is, is it possible not just to remove the hairs, but allso reduction of the diameter/change the color of the hairs that were not removed during the clearance?
It would be a great thing for example to thin out the hair on legs, or on chest and belly :slight_smile: Not just to remove, would be a nice middle way.

Hi Miro :slight_smile: I think that the hair that grows thinner may not have been killed properly. If the follicle is only injured it can still produce hair. The hair you see might also be new hair from the hair cycle. I suppose trying to injure the follicle rather than killing it isn’t such a good idea because the follicle can recover and the hair might get thicker again over time. If you only want a reduction rather than be completely hair free then you can only do the first clearance and keep the new hair that grows due to the hair cycle.

When explaining how electrolysis works to clients, “some” electrologists will say the (treated) hair will grow back finer. It might be their own understanding of it, or it might be their way of letting the client know it takes a series of appointments. Dasha saf explains it well.

It is a fact that we have all kinds (diameters) of hair that grow. This picture contains the hairs I removed today from a client - these hairs were all “neighbors” in a 1/2 inch circle.

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Thanks Barbara for the great photos and “right to the point” explanation.

There is a LOT to explain about what clients observe with all types of hair removal procedures. “Seeing is believing,” but what you believe is not necessarily factual. (I’ve always thought that “seeing is believing” is a stupid “old saying” anyway.)

Consider that a smaller hair is rendered nearly invisible in a “forest” of gigantic hairs. If you are shaving (or tweezing), this literally makes the smaller hairs disappear as you focus on the “timber.” Once the “timber” is cleared away, “oh my God” you now see the smaller hairs that were there all the time.

One client from Georgia named this the “Sequoia Effect.” In this case he only wanted the “big hairs” removed. However, once the big hairs were removed, he now saw the smaller hairs as the “Sequoias” … and so on, until everything got zapped.

Yep, there used to be all kinds of nonsense like the “breaking down process” that said ONE hair had to be treated 6 or 7 times, would become “thinner and thinner” and then finally be removed forever. Lots of our colleagues were taught such fairy tales in school too. Some of them still believe it?

To add my 2 cents: I haven’t noticed hairs becoming thinner after electro except for one area. Hair on the scalp. I had about 15 hairs removes on my hairline(the pointy ‘widows peak’ as it’s called) and the regrowth was thinner than before, I think. But it may have to do with hair on the scalp being different than body hair. Maybe Michael can touch on that.

A good example is found here:

On the neck of a guy, the hair looks much lighter like before the clearance.

The thickness of the hairs is allways the same, or the hairs change their thickness according to the growth stage?